by HempingtonPost | May 18, 2019
Could hemp nanosheets topple graphene for making the ideal supercapacitor? The answer to this is changing our reality back to a non-synthetic world. With Hemp’s 2,500 uses, this ‘hemp nanosheets topple graphene for making the ideal supercapacitor’ is truly a game changer.
As hemp makes a comeback in the U.S. after a decades-long ban on its cultivation, scientists are reporting that fibers from the plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene, long-touted as the model material for supercapacitors. They’re presenting their research, which a Canadian start-up company is working on scaling up, at the 248th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
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David Mitlin, Ph.D., explains that supercapacitors are energy storage devices that have huge potential to transform the way future electronics are powered. Unlike today’s rechargeable batteries, which sip up energy over several hours, supercapacitors can charge and discharge within seconds. But they normally can’t store nearly as much energy as batteries, an important property known as energy density. One approach researchers are taking to boost supercapacitors’ energy density is to design better electrodes. Mitlin’s team has figured out how to make them from certain hemp fibers—and they can hold as much energy as the current top contender: graphene.
“Our device’s electrochemical performance is on par with or better than graphene-based devices,” Mitlin says. “The key advantage is that our electrodes are made from biowaste using a simple process, and therefore, are much cheaper than graphene.”
The race toward the ideal supercapacitor has largely focused on graphene—a strong, light material made of atom-thick layers of carbon, which when stacked, can be made into electrodes. Scientists are investigating how they can take advantage of graphene’s unique properties to build better solar cells, water filtration systems, touch-screen technology, as well as batteries and supercapacitors. The problem is it’s expensive.
Mitlin’s group decided to see if they could make graphene-like carbons from hemp bast fibers. The fibers come from the inner bark of the plant and often are discarded from Canada’s fast-growing industries that use hemp for clothing, construction materials and other products. The U.S. could soon become another supplier of bast. It now allows limited cultivation of hemp, which unlike its close cousin, does not induce highs.
Scientists had long suspected there was more value to the hemp bast—it was just a matter of finding the right way to process the material.
“We’ve pretty much figured out the secret sauce of it,” says Mitlin, who’s now with Clarkson University in New York.
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by HempingtonPost | May 17, 2019
The Hemp University Launches Online Hemp Cultivation Masterclasses. A Hemp, Inc. Subsidiary
This is some of the most exciting times ever for hemp farmers, hemp industry and the ability to learn online!
The Hemp University’s eight online educational masterclasses are $10 each and each masterclass is under an hour in length. The online courses include lectures from industry leaders who educated attendees at the first Hemp University workshop in Ashland, Oregon. These online masterclasses provide farmers who were either not able to attend the first Hemp University or who would like to revisit certain topics presented by the event speakers.
“We carefully choose our speakers and topics for each Hemp University to ensure attendees are maximizing their time and have the ability to walk away fully understanding the plant and optimal growing conditions and practices,” said Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin. “We have been successful in this through our in-person classes, and by opening educational masterclasses online, we hope to further reach interested farmers and educate them on the various important topics covered by leading industry experts whenever they can and wherever they are.”
Currently, the available online masterclasses include educational lectures from the following industry leaders.
● Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc.
“Hemp and the Renaissance of the Small Family Farm”
● Farmer Tom Lauerman
“Cooperative Farming – No Need to Reinvent the Wheel”
● The Evolving Science of Testing – Todd Denkin
“An Overview of Standard Operating Procedures”
● Trygve Waage
“The Human Factor – Sustainable Development of your Hemp Business Team”
● Whitney Murdoch
“Planting in Alliance with Nature”
● Michael Monarch
“Cultivating Profit with Hemp”
● Greg Flavall
“Hempcrete – the Green Alternative Building Material”
● Eviane Coton
“Regenerative Farming – The Secret to Long-Term Success”
This is the third year Hemp, Inc. has held The Hemp University educational seminars.
Since its inception, The Hemp University has grown into a bi-coastal program and has, thus far, educated close to 1,000 farmers on growing hemp. Each class provides farmers with the knowledge to grow the lucrative crop. The online masterclasses allow Hemp, Inc. to extend its reach to more people around the world.
Perlowin added, “We always receive such great feedback from the attendees, speakers and vendors at these seminars so it made sense to open up online access to people who were unable to attend. With these online masterclasses taken from the first west coast Hemp University, farmers will learn straight from the experts and be able to choose topics they are interested in.”
Let Bruce Perlowin know you saw this here first – He’ll do flips of Joy!
Online masterclasses from the May 4, 2019 Pre-Planting Support Workshop will be available in the coming weeks.
by HempingtonPost | May 17, 2019
Hemp fibers are naturally stiff and ropy, but Levi’s has discovered a way to make it feel like cotton. Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Levi’s found a way to make hemp feel like cotton, and it could have big implications for your wardrobe
- Denim icon Levi Strauss & Co. debuted garments made from a soft hemp-cotton blend in March, and head of innovation Paul Dillinger said he expects 100% cottonized-hemp products in about five years.
- Hemp uses significantly less water and chemicals than cotton during cultivation. Levi’s has found a way to soften hemp using far less water than was previously used.
- Dillinger said the long-term goal is to incorporate sustainable cotton blends by using fibers such as hemp into all of its products.
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With the legalization of hemp in the United States last December, the industry has been exploding: Reports and Data estimate it’ll be worth $13.03 billion by 2026. While you’ve probably noticed hemp-derived CBD products everywhere, hemp also has major implications for sustainable clothing — and denim icon Levi Strauss & Co. has made significant progress in making this happen.
In March, Levi’s debuted a collaboration with the Outerknown label that includes a pair of jeans and jacket made from a 69%-cotton/31%-hemp blend that feels like pure cotton. Why’s that significant? Hemp, a cannabis plant with a negligible amount of the psychoactive chemical THC, uses significantly less water and chemicals than cotton. Unlike cotton, though, the material is difficult to work with. The cotton fibers in your shirt are derived from a puffy bud on top of a plant, while hemp fibers come from a tall, sturdy trunk.
“It’s a longer, stiffer, coarser fiber,” Levi’s head of global product innovation, Paul Dillinger, told Business Insider. “It doesn’t want to be turned into something soft. It wants to be turned into rope.” Levi’s has found a way to make hemp fibers soft and able to blend with cotton, but in a way that uses significantly less water than the process used to turn hemp plants into a rough material. “It’s great that it’s resonating with the consumer, but it’s more important that it’s helping to future-proof our supply chain,” he said.
Dillinger explained that this is a significant research project that will continue for years, rather than a project that only results in a couple of high-end, niche products. “Our intention is to take this to the core of the line, to blend it into the line, to make this a part of the Levi’s portfolio,” he said.
Dillinger said Levi’s is continuing to work on improving the quality of its cottonized-hemp, to the point where it can be nearly half of a cotton-blend for most apparel, as well as fully hemp for certain products. And in five years, he said, he expects “a 100% cottonized-hemp garment that is all hemp and feels all cotton.”
Dillinger said that the need for cotton alternatives became apparent when looking at the growth trajectory of cotton demand compared to access to fresh water required for its cultivation and processing. Since he was familiar with the nature of hemp, he did not expect to find a solution there… until Levi’s discovered cutting-edge research in Europe, where industrial hemp was already legal in many countries. Levi’s would not reveal its partners or details of its breakthroughs, except to say that it had a market-ready material after three years.
When Levi’s finds a way to make 100% cottonized-hemp clothing, “We’re going to go from a garment that goes from 3,781 L of fresh water, 2,655 of that in just the fiber cultivation,” Dillinger said, drawing from data collected by the Stockholm Environmental Institute. “We take out more than 2/3 of the total water impact to the garment. That’s saving a lot.”
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by HempingtonPost | May 15, 2019
Introduction
The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act (Senate Bill 566, Chapter 398, Statutes of 2013) was signed into law to authorize the commercial production of industrial hemp in California. The Act became effective on January 1, 2017, due to a provision in the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Proposition 64, November 2016).
As directed by this Act, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is developing a program to administer this new law.
The first step of this process is to establish an Industrial Hemp Advisory Board. With assistance from the Board, CDFA will further develop the registration process, fee structure, regulations, and other administrative details as necessary to provide for the commercial production of industrial hemp in accordance with the Act.
For more information, contact the California Industrial Hemp Program at [email protected].
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by HempingtonPost | May 15, 2019
Martha Stewart is an excellent example of a Women/Person who has continued to reinvent her self in the most innovative ways her entire journey – Snoop Dog has become more amazing every year with his extremely soulful demeanor… and NOW THIS
After suffering for years from psoriatic arthritis, Martha Stewart set out to find the safest, most potent form of legal medicinal cannabis oil for treating a wide range of diseases, mental disorders, cancers, and conditions like he suffers from, psoriatic arthritis. After treating his psoriatic arthritis with CBD, Martha Stewart had a mission to make this miracle oil available to the masses.
The business icon and television star teamed up with a longtime friend, Snoop Dogg, who has been dealing with back pain for years and says CBD oil is the only thing that has improved his condition. Together, the power duo was determined to create something that would not only work effectively but would also be affordable for everyday American’s.
After years of painstaking research and advocacy, those goals are finally in hand with the launch of their new, legal medical-grade line of cannabis oil that cures a variety of ailments.
The duo unveiled the new fruits of their labor during a live television interview. During the meeting, Martha Stewart broke down the science behind it and revealed that you immediately feel the positive effects upon ingesting the great miracle oil.
Members of the live studio audience got to sample the product themselves, and the feedback was incredible, with many feeling relief for issues like anxiety and joint pain within just seconds.
Now available to all Americans, Nature Relief is the product of years of research spanning multiple continents and continuous, very personal investments by both Martha and Snoop and other investors. As the founders, Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg are so confident in the power of their CBD miracle oil that they have now opened it up to the public for all American’s who are suffering and are willing to give it a chance.
Martha Stewart went on to say that their miracle oil is so good that even big pharma is trying to shut them out of business.
They also explained that the medicinal and recreational booms have also brought a massive rise in the number of different cannabis oil producers, all operating under fluctuating, often ill-defined regulatory standards. “We’ve got a lot of ‘garage scientists’ in the industry, who are well-meaning people. I don’t think anyone gets up in the morning, goes to the garage, and thinks they’ll make something poisonous that could hurt people,” they said.
“Nature Relief is the product of thousands of hours of research and development. We wouldn’t sell something we didn’t believe in or something that we couldn’t stand behind. We take it personally, and our family members do too, and the benefits are just out of this world. The big and sometimes corrupt pharmaceutical monopolies of this country don’t want you to know about this because it will cut into their profits” said Martha Stewart.
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